I wasn’t aware that you knew me that well. Actually, I am making money in the private sector.

I, too, am sorry about her passing.

Most folks in public service (including non-profits) are there because they can’t get a job in the real world. That includes you Brian. And certainly this person would not ever make the kind of loot in the private sector that she made in congress.

How nice of you to refer to a dying woman whom you probably never met as a “piece of crap”. That statement says a lot about you. Pathetic!

Family, hospital confirm Stephanie Tubbs Jones’ death
Posted by Plain Dealer staff August 20, 2008 18:52PM

U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones’ family and officials at Huron Hospital have announced that the five-term congresswoman has died.

She was 58.

This is the statement:

Tubbs Jones Family, Huron Hospital and Cleveland Clinic
August 20, 2008 – 6:40 p.m.

“Throughout the course of the day and into this evening, Congresswoman Tubbs Jones’ medical condition declined. Medical doctors and neurosurgeons from Huron Hospital and Cleveland Clinic sadly report that at 6:12 p.m. Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones died.

She dedicated her life in public service to helping others and will continue to do so through organ donations.

Please keep her family and friends in your thoughts and prayers during this very difficult time.”

Anybody with anything other than best wishes for Ms. Tubbs-Jones is just sick. I hate it when whackos from the political extremes sound off.

I learned to admire most people I worked with in public service, regardless of their party. Anybody willing to subject themselves to the degradations of public service sure as hell isn’t doing it for the money. It ain’t worth it.

My prayers for her recovery, and my prayers for her family in this time of turmoil and pain.